FAMILY LAW

Course Description

Family Law introduces students to basic legal concepts of family and family justice debating issues such as lack of legal aid for family litigations, human rights aspects of family disputes and availability of mediation. The course, also, teaches legal aspects of marriage, civil partnership, and cohabitation, and covers disputes in relation to family property, divorce, and private disputes over children. The second part of the course focuses upon issues of domestic violence, and child protection. After studying parents' and children's rights, the course considers issues of adoption and children in care. The course concludes with a focus upon families and older people.

FAMILY LAW

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Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Herring, J Family Law (Pearson: 2017, 8th ed.)

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Recognize the institution of family and distinguish its sociological, psychological and legal meaning. SOLO 3
2. L02 List the subjects of family law and outline different forms of families and their status in law SOLO 3
3. L03 Explain who can get married and apply legal formalities surrounding marriage SOLO 4
4. L04 Distinguish between marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation and assess advantages and disadvantages of each status. SOLO 4.5
5. L05 Describe legal routes available for dissolution of marriages and civil partnerships. SOLO 3
6. L06 Examine the property regime within and at the end of marriage. SOLO 3

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Has knowledge of social service application areas (health, social welfare services, education, social security, civil society, local government).
2. P02 Has knowledge of social work theories (system, ecology, empowerment theory).
3. P03 Has knowledge of human development and social environment.
4. P04 Use knowledge of communication skills (with individuals, families, groups and different social groups).
5. P05 Use knowledge of management and management processes (management of private and public social service institutions and organizations)
6. P06 Apply knowledge of research methods and techniques in social work.
7. P07 Has the ability to perform planned change process (linking, diagnosis and evaluation, planning, implementation, evaluation, termination and monitoring of applications) by considering similarities and differences for all levels of applicants.
8. P08 Social service application areas (Health, education, social security, civil society, local government), social service theories (system, ecology, empowerment theory), human development and social environment, communication (with individuals, families, groups and different social groups) apply management and management processes (management of private and public social service institutions and organizations), research methods and techniques, professional ethics, principles and values, and the ability to practice social work with different client groups.
9. P09 Has the ability to distinguish and collect appropriate information for social investigation, evaluation and report preparation
10. P10 Has the ability to interpret research results and professional literature.
11. P11 Has the ability to develop inter-institutional relations, communication and joint services.
12. P12 Acts in accordance with professional ethics, norms and standards that determine duties and rights related to social work profession.
13. P13 It adopts social justice and rights based approach within the framework of social, scientific, cultural and professional values.
14. P14 Develop an understanding of individual, family, group, institution, community, community and global practices in order to improve social functionality and facilitate social change
15. P15 Becomes a model to the society with knowledge, skills, values ​​and attitudes and adopts the understanding of lifelong learning.

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